Logical Reasoning

PT127 · S1 · Q24 Provinces and states with stringent

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Provinces and states with stringent car safety requirements, including required use of seat belts and annual safety inspections, have on average higher rates of accidents per kilometer driven than do provinces and states with less stringent requirements.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

24.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to reconcile the safety experts' belief with the apparently contrary evidence described above?

  1. Annual safety inspections ensure that

    Trap

    0% picked this

  2. Drivers often become overconfident after

    Trap

    3% picked this

  3. Correct

    The roads in provinces and

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

    Skill tested: Paradox · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

    87% picked this

  4. Psychological studies show that drivers

    Trap

    3% picked this

  5. Provinces and states with stringent

    Trap

    7% picked this

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